Sample Standard Deviation

This applies to: Managed Dashboards, Managed Reports

The Sample Standard Deviation function measures volatility as the difference between values and their moving average. A larger difference implies a larger standard deviation value.

Syntax

STDEV(d0,s0,Alignment)

Input

The Sample Standard Deviation function requires the following input:

• d0 - The set of data values for which the formula is calculated.

Parameters

The Sample Standard Deviation function requires the following parameters:

• s0 - The number of time periods to use in the calculation. The default value is 10.

• Alignment (Optional) - Hierarchy placeholder to be used as the alignment axis.

Output

The Sample Standard Deviation function generates the following output:

• Sample Standard Deviation - The Sample Standard Deviation result set.